Other Updates
Friends In Deed Food Drive
Friends In Deed has shared some needs they have for their food pantry in order to round out the meal packages they offer. This week you’re invited to bring one jar of peanut butter to Drive-In Church on Sunday to help supplement their supply. They don’t need any of us to bring items in bulk, but if we each bring a jar that will go a long way to help them provide full meals to folks who need it most.
The Wave
Have you been missing your church family and all the fun we have when we are together? Then we invite you to join us this week for The Wave, a new opportunity to socialize with one another on Zoom. It’s super fun and very informal. We play games, laugh, and have fun seeing each other and cracking jokes. Join us this Thursday night at 7:00PM for a chance to hang out with people who have been missing you! We’ll send out a Zoom link this week over text and email.
Sad News About Randy Hasper
In case you are not receiving email updates from our regional American Baptist office, we want to be sure you are aware of the tragic news regarding Steve Hasper’s brother.
Please pray for the family of Randy Hasper and The Refinery Church
In 1 Corinthians 12:26, the Apostle Paul wrote about the body of Christ. He said, "If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it." A part of our American Baptist family is suffering. On Friday, September 25th Randy Hasper, the recently retired pastor of The Refinery (formerly First Baptist Church of Chula Vista) was in a single-car accident and died.He served The Refinery Church, for about ten years before retiring in March of 2019. He led a remarkable turnaround of that historic church reversing decades of decline and, by God’s grace, seeing new life through conversions, baptisms, upgraded facilities, and numerous new ministries.
He is survived by his brother Steve Hasper (who served in our region as the pastor of Granada Hills Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Pasadena), their father, Ernest, and Randy's wife, Linda, daughters Rosalind and Laurel, her husband Jon and their four-month-old daughter Rosalee, his first grandchild.
Please pray for Randy's family, The Refinery Church, and all those who loved Randy. The Hasper brothers have been an integral part of our regional family and we offer our heartfelt sympathy to Linda (Randy's wife), Steve and Joyce and pray that they will sense God's presence in this time of loss.